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1. The Petitioner is aggrieved by the order dated 7th December, 2022 passed by the Court of Lt. Governor, Delhi, deciding the appeal under Section 18 of the Arms Act, 1959, whereby the Petitioner’s request for grant of an arms license has been rejected.

2. The case of the Petitioner is that his father, late. Mr. Gulzari Lal Wadhwa was issued arms license no. ED/GN11/1986/61 for 0.32 bore revolver by the Licensing Authority. Subsequently, on 7th November, 2008 the said license was upgraded to ‘all India permit’. After the demise of his father on 16th November, 2017, the Petitioner deposited the weapon with the W.P.(C) 16493/2023 Page 1 of 4 gun dealer in the name of M/s Kewal Krishan Sharma and duly intimated the same to Delhi Police. The Petitioner then applied for new arms licence on 9th December, 2019 under application No. ARML2019120075 for the inheritance of the arms license of his father. The said application has been rejected by Joint Commissioner of Police, Licensing, New Delhi. Against the said order, the Petitioner preferred an appeal before the Court of Lt. Governor, Delhi which is also dismissed thorough the order dated 7th December, 2022.

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